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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Rafael Nadal #5

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	2	2
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	70	80
First serve points won %	71	54
Second serve points won %	61	58
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	16,540	4,810
Elo (entering)	2,565	2,186
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 24 – 21 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(2) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2016	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2016	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2016	R64	Bjorn Fratangelo	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2016	F	Milos Raonic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Kei Nishikori	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2016	R16	Alexander Zverev	6-7(8) 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2016	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2016	R64	Gilles Muller	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data